{"id":57811,"date":"2025-11-18T02:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57811\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T02:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:49:06","slug":"warsofsky-klingberg-talk-likely-benching-its-new-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57811\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsofsky, Klingberg Talk Likely Benching: &#8220;It&#8217;s new for me&#8221; (+)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe John Klingberg was also wondering where his game is at.<\/p>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-smith-klingberg-wennberg-locker-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>\u2018 4-1 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, Klingberg, -3 in defeat, sat in his stall, staring at the ceiling, collecting himself before his post-game media availability.<\/p>\n<p>It was a different story just 10 days ago, also in Seattle: After the Sharks\u2019 6-1 rout of the Kraken, head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-klingberg-orlov-warsofsky-power-play\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Warsofsky<\/a> showed some sass, when asked about keeping the already much-criticized defenseman, who had scored a power play goal, on the top PP unit.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Warsofsky showing some sass, when asked about John Klingberg&#8217;s shot: &#8220;Is everyone okay [with his shot]? Is everyone okay? Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/1986314592071393694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, for the first tine when healthy this season, Klingberg was no longer quarterbacking either power play unit.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a> lines at morning skate:<\/p>\n<p>Kurashev-Celebrini-Smith<br \/>Eklund-Wennberg-Graf<br \/>Gaudette-Dellandrea-Toffoli<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Reaves<\/p>\n<p>Ferraro-Mukhamadullin<br \/>Orlov-Leddy<br \/>Liljegren-Klingberg<br \/>Dickinson-Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/1990514600505188723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a> power play groups\u2026wow, and Dickinson on PP2, Klingberg off PP?<\/p>\n<p>PP1: Orlov-Celebrini-Eklund-Smith-Wennberg<br \/>PP2: Dickinson-Toffoli-Graf-Kurashev-Gaudette<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/1990519614498091472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It appears that the 33-year-old defenseman will be scratched tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Klingberg] knows he can play better,\u201d Warsofsky said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Klingberg doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s playing tomorrow. Not confirmed, but definitely a blow for a proud vet like that<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/1990525706053505072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How? Klingberg also shared his reaction to these demotions.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maybe John Klingberg was also wondering where his game is at. 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